Iliya Valov

Iliya Valov
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-12-29) 29 December 1961
Place of birth Knezha, Bulgaria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1971–1980 Botev Vratsa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1988 Botev Vratsa 180 (0)
1988–1990 CSKA Sofia 46 (0)
1990 Lokomotiv Sofia 15 (0)
1991 Berliner FC Dynamo 10 (0)
1991–1992 Austria Wien 8 (0)
1992 Dobrudzha Dobrich 12 (0)
1992–1994 Karşıyaka 54 (0)
1994–1995 Denizlispor 29 (0)
Total 354 (0)
National team
1983–1990 Bulgaria 31 (0)
Teams managed
1999–2002 Botev Vratsa
2002–2004 Cherno More (goalkeeping coach)
2006–2007 CSKA Sofia (goalkeeping coach)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Iliya Valov (born 29 December 1961 in Knezha) is a Bulgarian former football goalkeeper who played for Bulgaria.

Career

Valov made 180 appearances for Botev Vratsa from 1981 to 1988. He was the number two goalkeeper to Borislav Mihaylov in Bulgaria's squad at Mexico 86. He made a total of 31 caps with the national team.

After retiring as a player, Valov worked as a goalkeeping coach for Cherno More Varna until 2004 before following coach Plamen Markov to CSKA Sofia.

He is the father of Valentin Iliev.

References

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